Why Louisiana should cut its sales tax
(April 13 print edition) In Louisiana, sales taxes are way too high. They need to come down. By most measures, Louisianans pay the highest sales taxes (state and local combined) in […]
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Speaker Johnson shouldn’t kiss Trump’s ring on tariffs
(April 10) Louisiana’s citizens need U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to stand up for their interests and exert Congress’ constitutional power and duty over trade and tariffs, not […]
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‘One Door’ can vastly improve LA public aid and workforce
(April 6) Perhaps the most important bill in Louisiana’s upcoming legislative session will be one almost everyone can agree on. Designed to make it easier for people to move from […]
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Three-way conversation on the failure of LA’s amendments
(This was a three-way conversation among columnists Quin Hillyer, Stephanie Grace, and Will Sutton, about why voters rejected all four constitutional amendments on the ballot last week. Print publication was […]
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New Orleans should support Musicians Clinic
(April 1, but NOT an April Fool’s story) Sometimes when bad news is leavened by good news, the tendency is to shrug, say “all’s well,” and move on. Louisianans should […]
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EDITORIAL: How to salvage the good parts of LA’s Amendment Two
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, April 6, 2025) The defeat of Amendment 2 on the statewide ballot last month should not mean the end for some individual proposals within the amendment. […]
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NORD needs to keep raising its game
(March 30) So: This was going to be an easy column. Namely: The New Orleans Recreation Development Commission appears dangerously negligent, but a major community coalition is determined, against all […]
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J. Bennett Johnston served state and nation well
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, April 1 print edition) Former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, who died March 25 at age 92, was a significant player on national policy and […]
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Pelican Institute has good criminal justice ideas
(March 23) Being tough on criminals isn’t the only way to reduce crime. Almost since its inception, the conservative Pelican Institute has pushed what it calls a “smart on crime” […]
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Editorial: Fight against nitrogen executions should continue
(Official Times-Picayune/Advocate editoria;, March 23) The execution last week of Jessie Hoffman Jr. marked the end of a 15-year-long stretch in which the death penalty was on the books in […]
